Apollo 13 Encounter, Exchange, and Exploration in History

By Darksider1107
  • Apollo 13 Liftoff

    Apollo 13 Liftoff

    Apollo 13 liftsoff at Cape Canavral, 1:13 PM
  • Apollo 13's Docking

    Apollo 13's Docking

    Apollo 13 makes a transition manuver, and in doing so docks with Aquarius at 5:14 pm on Aprill 11, 1970
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    Important Events of Apollo 13

  • Apollo 13 Leaves Earth's Orbit

    Apollo 13 Leaves Earth's Orbit

    Jack Swigert fires the engines to leave the free-return trajectory at 7:53 PM
  • Apollo 13 broadcast

    Apollo 13 broadcast

    At 8:56 pm, April 12, 2016 the Apollo 13 crew completes a televised broadcast, soon after the white team in mission control requests a cryo stir of the oxygen and hydrogen tanks.
  • Apollo 13 Oxygen Tank Explosion

    Apollo 13 Oxygen Tank Explosion

    After the tanks were stirred, oxygen tank no. 2 explodes onboard Apollo 13 at 9:07 PM
  • Apollo 13 Coming Home

    Apollo 13 Coming Home

    At 2:43 pm Apollo 13 uses a free- return trajectory to return home. This means Apollo 13 uses the moon as a slingshot to send Apollo 13 into Earth's Orbit.
  • Apollo 13's Orbit of the Moon

    Apollo 13's Orbit of the Moon

    While orbiting the Moon, Apollo 13 loses contact with mission control. But during that period, Apollo 13 obtained the oppertunity of exploring and taking pictures of canidate lunar features og the moon at 6:15 PM
  • Aquarius Carbon Dioxide Buildup

    Aquarius Carbon Dioxide Buildup

    The Apollo 13 crew starts assembeling canisters to prevent any more carbon dioxide build up.

  • Apollo 13 Re-entry

    At 11:53 A.M. the crew begins re-entry and loses contact with mission control.